What You Choose to Remember

Exodus 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD Perhaps you have noticed the proliferation of what I call “Hallmark Holidays.” A holiday is...

It is Exhausting to Play God

Genesis 30:2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb Genesis 30 is the story of a family of schemers. Everyone in the story is trying to get ahead and is trying to play, sell, or...

You Scale Your Problems to Your People

Genesis 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me Summer is the time of weddings and wedding bells. Perhaps...

The Way You Regard the Truth

Genesis 21:22b-23a …God is with thee in all that thou doest: now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me How much of God is there in your story? It is amazing how many times we say, “I,” “me,” and “my,” when we are talking about our...

Clear Communication

Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day Have you ever been near someone who is famous, maybe even a celebrity, and did not know it? I live near Nashville, Tennessee, so I have seen a lot of...